American tourist in Cancun wounded in crossfire of jet ski gunmen: report
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A Kentucky woman vacationing in Cancun was reportedly wounded by a stray bullet fired by a pair of gunmen on jet skis who left two people dead in an apparent turf war between rival drug gangs.
The two people killed in the brazen shooting were believed to be vendors who hawked products to tourists — but some of the street merchants also double as drug dealers who supply visitors with cocaine and marijuana, the news outlet reported. During the first four months of 2021, there were 209 homicides in Quintana Roo, compared with 266 during the same period last year — though the majority of the killings occur outside the resort areas frequented by tourists.(Fiscalía General QR) The Yucatán Peninsula state of Quintana Roo — which encompasses Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Cozumel — is known as a landing spot for narcotics coming from South America.(Fiscalía General QR) Kanya was reportedly shot in the shoulder, but attempts by Vice to find out about her condition were unsuccessful.More Related News
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